Ladies and gentlemen, meet graphic designer and font virtuoso, Ms. Laura Worthington. We ran across Laura two years ago during the Fall Fonts Festival, and I earmarked her for a future piece. Well, during prep for December, I peeked in on her and WOW -- discovered "Adorn." Wow! This is not just a font, it's a period design genre! November 26, 2014

As you get ready for 2015, some things you may want focus on is developing your publishing strategy to run with the winners! We've come a long way and publishing today takes some careful construction and on-time delivery. C'mon and follow along as we follow publishing channels [] The 10% digital-to-print rule: what success with digital magazines looks like [] Google Loves Print: Guidelines Tell Us So [] The future of digital publishing: Going back to hieroglyphics [] Print gets their attention; digital brings it to life [] From BBC to BuzzFeed: Lessons in mobile publishing [] The 100-to-1 rule: Creating the best headlines -- and more ... November 25, 2014

2015 is upon us and it's a good idea to start thinking about our creative strategies for the coming year. I am on all kinds of feeds that bring in all kinds of creative info and inspiration. It's what my Creative Updates is all about: Art exhibit, 'Hometown Heroes,' is free and open to the public at Silver Lake College New Metropolitan West Space Debuts With Versace Event And WorldStage Installation Disney Fan Turns Himself into Big Hero 6's Hiro Hamada with 3D Printed Costume Alice Babidge reinterprets a midcentury classic for Cult's ‘Chairity' Project Student Wins Best in Show, Is Finalist in National Graphic Design Competition The Human Printer: Making digital-quality images with nothing but marker pens Enterprising eighth-grader launches his own publishing press How Detroit artist Ed Fella made his mark in graphic design Google's Quest to Write the Rulebook for Interactive Design Designing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition Paper Cut-Out Typographies Inspired by Polish Architecture Why I Will Never Hire An Art School Graduate Textured Art: Local artist Dinett Hok ... and more! November 19, 2014

Another year, and another realm of possibilities for publishing -- and it's not going away -- no, social networking has not taken over. Times are chaning, but some things stay the same! Stay tuned with DT&G's Publishing Updates:
[] Four Ways to Help Guest Writers Contribute Great Content for Your Company Blog [] Why so many digital publishers are flocking back to print [] Is paper and print still important? We asked the experts [] The Social Media Frequency Guide: How Often To Post [] Digital advertising's bot distraction [] Are Digital Magazines Dead? -- and more ... November 14, 2014

One of the worst things that happens to graphic designers is the dreaded "Version Racketeering." I don't know who first coined that phrase, but the Title 15 of the U.S. Federal Code defines racketeering as engaging in such practices as extortion. Racketeering legislation came into being as a result of someone forcing someone else to pay money to avoid something unpleasant, harm or punishment. Version racketeering says ... "pay us money by upgrading or we won't let you open this file." For years, Adobe and Microsoft have been the chief extortionists in the software industry, but many others practice it as well. I often thank Barebones Software for BBEdit, because it opens most all files, and GraphicsConverter because it opens any image file. No such luck for Adobe InDesign extortion though . . . until now! November 6, 2014

2015 is upon us and it's a good idea to start thinking about our creative strategies for the coming year. I am on all kinds of feeds that bring in all kinds of creative info and inspiration. It's what my Creative Updates is all about: Art exhibit, 'Hometown Heroes,' is free and open to the public at Silver Lake College New Metropolitan West Space Debuts With Versace Event And WorldStage Installation Disney Fan Turns Himself into Big Hero 6's Hiro Hamada with 3D Printed Costume Alice Babidge reinterprets a midcentury classic for Cult's ‘Chairity' Project Student Wins Best in Show, Is Finalist in National Graphic Design Competition The Human Printer: Making digital-quality images with nothing but marker pens Enterprising eighth-grader launches his own publishing press How Detroit artist Ed Fella made his mark in graphic design Google's Quest to Write the Rulebook for Interactive Design Designing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition Paper Cut-Out Typographies Inspired by Polish Architecture Why I Will Never Hire An Art School Graduate Textured Art: Local artist Dinett Hok ... and more! October 31, 2014

Marty Neumeier's new book is a thought-provoking quick start guide to creative brilliance -- and I want to recommend it for anyone who wants to brighten their creative thinking prowess. Read it once. Reade it twice. Use lots of Post-it notes to mark passages ... I guarantee you'll want them again and again! October 22, 2014

To celebrate "Back to Design School" the Design Center and DTG Magazine has partnered with one of the leading deals websites in the entire design community, with an extended family of more than 300,000 design enthusiasts. But these are not just designers -- they're illustrators, typographers, photographers, journalists, art directors, painters artists, publicists, marketers, scrapbookers, craftspeople, sign painters, fabricators, CnC machine oporators, and visual communicators from all corners of the world. What we've cooked up for you -- will blow your mind! August 22, 2014

Before we jump into the Fall Fonts Fest, let's finish out the summer with some creative tidbits from life size poster models to packaging to freelancing, we'll see people doing great stuff all over the world ... just follow along: [_] Why does Birmingham employ more architects than other metro areas, but fewer graphic designers?[_] Jean Peterson Design's Award-Winning Wine Label Series Featured on International Website[_] Chapchinstudio constructs poster for 2014 tehran graphic design week[_] Ultimate design & Lettering inspiration is found in packaging [_] 5 Ways to Showcase Your Freelance Graphic Design Work[_] Bubbles, swirls, and blossoms ... and more ! August 20, 2014

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